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Public Council Teleconference: Application Rationalization — Hidden Costs and Smart Decisions
November 17 at 11:00 am US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Honorio Padrón, of The Hackett Group, who will share the drivers for companies to tackle application rationalization and the results of research that define the hidden cost of complexity. Additionally, we will discuss key decision milestones—to start or not, holding the course steady and fulfilling expectations.
Virtual Desktop Cost-Benefit Analysis — Michael Jacobs, Catlin Group
The analysis contained in this presentation measures the cost of everything from the machines and licenses to the infrastructure for virtual vs. traditional desktop environments.
Honor your best senior team members - Apply for the CIO Ones to Watch Award
Get well-earned public recognition for your top up-and-coming team members, your IT organization and your enterprise. Award winners will be announced, publicized and feted in May 2010, great timing to help attract new IT recruits to your company.
Learn more about the CIO Executive Council »March 01, 2003 — CIO —
| Initiative | How It Works |
| Office of Electronic Government | Creates new office within Office of Management and Budget, headed by presidential-appointed administrator |
| E-Government Fund | Calls for $345 million over four years to fund interagency e-gov projects, subject to congressional appropriators |
| Privacy | Requires privacy impact assessments for new IT systems |
| Security | Makes the Federal Information Security Management Act law |
| E-Rule making | Gives citizens the opportunity to comment on proposed federal rules online |
| Internet Guidelines | Calls for basic standards for agency websites |
| Technology Procurement | Allows state and local governments to purchase IT using federal supply schedules |
| Share-in-Savings | Awards contracts in which the government shares with vendors any savings generated by improving efficiencies |
| Workforce Development | Includes training opportunities for federal IT workers and a public-private exchange program that loans IT workers to the private sector and vice versa |
| GIS Standards | Develops common protocols for geographic information systems |
| Judicial Information | Requires federal courts to put information online, including docket information and written opinions |